W 39 Street, Manhattan: Grade B · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B, 62 out of 100. How does W 39 Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 62 out of 100.
Calm 49, ranked against numbered streets. Access 86, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts W 39 Street in the top 19% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (87) and food nearby (99). Street crime (12) is the weak spot.
On the record
Encampment leads the 311 file on West 39 Street, with 372 reports. Illegal parking follows with 86 reports, and homeless person assistance with 28. In all, 67 distinct 311 categories are represented on West 39 Street. Set against the 524 homes on file, that is about 58 reports per 100 homes.
Inspectors have written 9 Class C violations on West 39 Street, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 2 per 100 homes on file. Pests is what HPD writes up most on West 39 Street, 10 violations of it. The housing file lists 15 residential buildings on West 39 Street holding 524 homes, with 6 walk-ups and 2 elevator buildings among them. Across those buildings the average is about 35 homes each.
Reported crashes on West 39 Street have injured 65 people since 2021.
Against numbered streets, housing comes in at 80, with traffic safety at 18. An 18 on traffic safety places West 39 Street in the weakest quarter of numbered streets. Measured against numbered streets, parking sits at 70 and quietness at 55. Transit ranks 98 and tree cover 34, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. West 39 Street ranks 99 on food nearby, the best of its three citywide measures. About 990 numbered streets make up the band West 39 Street is scored inside.
Infrastructure is where West 39 Street ranks best against numbered streets, at 87.
43% of the 524 homes recorded on West 39 Street are rent-stabilized, 225 homes in all.
Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, NYPD felony complaint records, MTA stop locations, DOHMH food permits, and the street tree census, divided by the homes and businesses on the street, updated weekly. Read the scoring method or the data sources.
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W 39 Street runs through Midtown, Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
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